🔪 ZHEN Japanese VG-10 67-Layer Damascus Steel 8-Inch Slicer Chopping Chef Butcher Knife/Cleaver: Superior Quality for Large Cutting Tasks Review

Well, initially I was very happy with this product. I have three oriental choppers and this one should meet my needs. I haven't used it that much, but today I came here to warn future buyers about this product. Last night I cut a fresh corn cob in half and quickly found that a huge piece of metal blade had snapped off in the middle. . Now it's basically useless and now my wife is mad at me because it was so expensive.

I also have a good Nakiri Damascus vegetable peeler from Shun and am pleased to find that this cleaver is as good in both design and ability to take and maintain a very sharp edge as the Shun. I love this knife and would recommend it, recommendation only. My knife did not have a protective cover for the blade. I had to make it out of cardboard and blue tape. The blade is too wide to fit in most knife holders and like any good knife, it definitely shouldn't be left in a drawer.

I love kitchen gadgets. Although the knife is less of a gadget and more of a tool. This knife is presented in a beautiful case. The layers are visible and fascinating. Okay, enough about beauty. The weight is perfect, carrots, potatoes and celery can be cut with very little effort. It was like the weight of the knife was doing all the work and I was the driver. Oh, and a very thin piece of skin from my index finger. But there was no blood. The wafer-thin raw chicken was, as the saying goes…

With a beautiful rosewood handle, this knife will not only grace your kitchen, but also be a joy to use. Perfectly weighted and balanced, it will quickly do whatever you want to chop, chop or grind. This instrument is handmade; Every little line you see in the Damascus design is actually the result of working, folding and hardening steel. They've done this 67 times for this blade, making it extremely hard and exceptionally sharp. The curved blade makes it perfect for swinging and slicing like a

ZHEN Japanese VG-10 67-layer Damascus steel 8-inch disc knife Chef's knife / cleaver, first of all: This is not a cleaver - it's a chef's knife, specifically a "Chinese" chef's knife. I like this type of blade as it is better for cooking vegetables than any other. Metallurgically, this blade is similar to other established knives, meaning the inner core of VG-10 is sandwiched between layers of another stainless steel. this setting gives the blade a very sharp/hard edge as well as better…

Background (1): I'm not Asian but have been using Chinese cleavers for over 30 years. I used to own a restaurant and when I first started cooking I gravitated towards Chinese cleavers (a little unusual for a white man); I just thought they had a very handy common sense design to pick one up and use. (The wide blade makes it much easier to keep the blade aligned with the knuckles of your hand holding the food so you don't cut yourself; it also allows you to pick up what you cut so you can easily